raspiness

Definitions

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n. The state or characteristic of being raspy.

Etymologies

raspy +‎ -ness (Wiktionary)

Examples

Oh, I was able to have a short phone conversation with a friend, late last night, between sips of Throat Coat tea and chicken soup, but for the most part, I've moved beyond Lauren Becall raspiness and into total croakdom.

Not because, in her Brooklyn persona, as patm noticed, she pronounced the final "t" in the word "what", since any one of Jewish descent would do so naturally please save your anti-Semitic comments for cedarford, but, more important, because she relies more on the harshness, shrillness, raspiness of the NYC voice rather than on nuances.